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Cheerful Smugglers

Public domain audiobook

Cheerful Smugglers

by Ellis Parker Butler

English· 03:11:33· 11 chapters
Saving for the baby's education: how can a young family be disciplined so as to regularly put money in the pig (bank)? Why, put a tariff on all items coming into the house, just like the U.S. Government does/did for items coming into the country! But the devil is in the details; what about taxing items brought in by visitors? Is the housemaid herself a taxable item? What items really are 'necessaries' versus luxuries? When visitors arrive these guests stoop to either 'smuggling' in their luggage items to avoid having to pay up to 30% of the value, or wear only what they came dressed in. The hosts are equally hypocritical, but all parties accuse the others of cheating. How will the education fund fare? Will the guest leave in a huff? Find out! (summary by Arnold Banner)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The Fenelby Tariff

    20:57
  2. Chapter 2

    The Box of Bon-Bons

    13:28
  3. Chapter 3

    Kitty’s Trunks

    21:20
  4. Chapter 4

    Billy

    12:36
  5. Chapter 5

    The Pink Shirt-Waist

    21:31
  6. Chapter 6

    Bridget

    13:47
  7. Chapter 7

    The Amateur Detective

    23:14
  8. Chapter 8

    The Field of Dishonor

    11:55
  9. Chapter 9

    Bobberts Intervenes

    17:06
  10. Chapter 10

    Tariff Reform

    16:15
  11. Chapter 11

    The Coup d’État

    19:24